New 2025 Ram 1500 with hurricane engine.

[Hay Dude]

Mines a '19 Ram 1500 with the hemi, I'm going to stick with it. Twin turbos gives you twin cost when they go down, more moving parts, my 2 cents worth. When they start getting that much HP and torque out of a 6 cylinder, you're working it. I'd sooner have an 8 that's lazing around rather than a 6 that's working hard most of the time. Just my opinion.


What makes it 'super"?
Mine in my Ram is a ZF8 (not super) and it's described as a great transmission, BWM, Audi, Benz and a bunch of others use it.. I'm not overly impressed with it, seems to lug a lot, the lock up torque converter is rough or hiccup is a better description when it disengages when coming from a coast to a mild acceleration. It could very well be the Ram software and not a fault of the transmission I suppose. I've been back to the dealer a couple times right after I got it and I get the 'It's normal, go away" .
I'm considering changing the fluid with 85KMS on it now and going with Valvoline MaxLife which is approved for the ZF8 and is a lot better priced that $30 a liter for the ZF fluid.

What makes it "super" (actually can’t remember what the adjective was) is it's a beefed up design to handle the double torque load of a Cummins.
Have one in the BMW X5 and the Jeep Rubicon and really like them in those vehicles.

 

[coobie]

Purchased a 2025 Ram Laramie 1500 tonight with the low out put hurricane motor 420 HP.Time will tell on this motor.

 

[Hay Dude]

420HP
That’s a lot of power.
What is the warranty coverage?

I heard the towing mirrors on the 2500-5500 have been changed, too.

 

[coobie]

420HP
That’s a lot of power.
What is the warranty coverage?

I heard the towing mirrors on the 2500-5500 have been changed, too.

36,000 3 year bumper to bumper 5 yr. 60,000 engine & drive train.

 

[mrmikey]

Purchased a 2025 Ram Laramie 1500 tonight .......

Sweet lookin' truck, like the colour.

 

[paulsharvey]

Any opinions on the new 2025 Ram 1500 with the standard hurricane inline 6cly.with twin turbos?I currently have a 2022 Ram 1500 with the 5.7 hemi.Thinking about trading up to a 2025.

I have a 2019 Ram 1500 Classic 5.7L, and I would not do an even swap for a new 2025. Let it get the kinks worked out for atleast a year or two. That's just my opinion.

 

[paulsharvey]

Purchased a 2025 Ram Laramie 1500 tonight with the low out put hurricane motor 420 HP.Time will tell on this motor.

Hopefully Ram put together a good machine. I don't think there will be massive problems, but I prefer to let other folks be the Beta Testers

 

[coobie]

I have a 2019 Ram 1500 Classic 5.7L, and I would not do an even swap for a new 2025. Let it get the kinks worked out for atleast a year or two. That's just my opinion.

Engine has been out now for 3 years in the jeep wagoner.So no NOT a new engine.

 

[Panik]

Cracks me up when losers in entry-level German "sport sedans" think they're hot sh*t, thanks to an expensive badge brand, and then get spanked by a lowly Dodge with double their horsepower. My wife's old Volvo wagon was particularly fun, V50 R-design wagon with the 2.5T engine and AWD, used to really surprise the Audi and BMW crowd with that boxy little grocery getter.

Oh lord, that reminds me....during the 80's and 90's my family mom, dad & uncle (surrogate father after dad died in the late 90's) were very big on BMW's and Volvos for safety and reliability. In any case, after I graduated from college in '99 my uncle gifted me a early-90's metallic grey Volvo turbo wagon as a graduation present to replace the mid-80's 240 wagon I had been driving into the ground.

If I hadn't already been engaged the thing would've been the definition of a nicer looking "shag wagon". Mom was happy because her son was going out into the world in a safe and reliable vehicle.... What she and most people didn't realize is that my uncle did me a serious under the table solid....

With the turbo that thing was a pretty serious sleeper off the line. I might have been able to keep up for the duration but the look on peoples' faces when I would keep up with their mustang or Camaro off the line, or pass them on the interstate was absolutely priceless.

The fun ended when maintenance started becoming a reality at around 250,000 miles - $300.00 for a twilight cover, $800.00 for a used speedo unit out a junkyard in GA, decent tires with the appropriate speed rating, etc.

They were great cars at the time, but for someone at the start of their career & in a job field that wasn't high income maintenance costs were prohibitive. Final straw was when the apartment complex decided to forklift the wagon to move it for a parking lot re-surface while I was on vacation and cracked the transmission housing in the process.

 

[WinterDeere]

Yeah, Volvo has long been a brand with a few higher horsepower options. The trouble with the wagons, ours included, was their rollover safety requirements. They beefed up the roof and pillars enough that, even with the expensive sport suspension, it had some body roll in the corners. When comparing it to the available sports wagons at the time (2011?), the Volvo was the only option with manual transmission paired with a HO engine, but the BMW and Audi both handled better.

I actually looked at replacing our little V50 with their newer Polestar V60 wagon, a PHEV with something like 480 hp and just insane torque, but we were totally fed up with the local dealership(s) and the cost was substantially higher than some other options at the time (2020). We ended up replacing that Volvo with another Dodge.